Zhou Qingyue was admitted to Jilin University of Technology, which is also a key university in the province, but it is ultimately not as good as Tsinghua University, Peking University, Harbin Institute of Technology and other schools.
Furthermore, Zhou Mingyuan is in this position after all, and Zhou Qingyang is coming back to get married this year.
So Zhou Mingyuan and his wife discussed it and decided that since their youngest son had been admitted to university, they wouldn't make any further arrangements.
Zhou Mingyuan and his wife wanted Zhou Qingyue to complete all the necessary procedures as soon as possible and depart a few days earlier.
Anyway, to get to the provincial capital, you have to transfer at Hunjiang or Tonghua, and coincidentally, the Zhou and Wang families' relatives are all around there.
When the time comes, Zhou Mingyuan will accompany his son to go back and have a get-together with his relatives. That's all there is to it.
Sheng Xiping naturally couldn't offer any opinion on this.
These days, the concept of a college admission banquet doesn't exist yet, and most families don't hold extravagant celebrations just because their child gets into university.
Unlike the Sheng family, the Zhou family's social status and position can sometimes be a constraint, preventing them from doing things freely.
Whether the Zhou family holds a banquet or not is none of Sheng Xiping's business, but he did take five hundred yuan and give it to Zhou Qingyue, saying it was for his pocket money for school.
"Look at you, what are you doing?"
He didn't have to pay for university; the school even gave him a living allowance, which was enough for him.
"You're giving him so much money, he has nowhere to spend it." Wang Chunxiu saw this and quickly stopped Sheng Xiping from giving her the money.
"Mom, you're wrong about that. A poor family needs to be frugal on the road. Qingyue is studying away from home, how can she not have some money on her hands?"
The living expenses provided by the school are just enough for daily food and drink. When a boy is out in the world, he inevitably makes friends and occasionally goes out to get together and have a few drinks.
Or, if you're dating, you can take your girlfriend to see a movie or go shopping; you can't expect her to pay for everything, can you?
There was no reason for Sheng Xiping to take back the money he had taken out, so he tried his best to persuade his mother-in-law.
"Mom, look, Qingyue is not young anymore. If he can find a decent partner in college, wouldn't you be able to relax?"
The girls in college are well-known, and they'll be assigned jobs in the future.
The young couple both have jobs, so they won't have to worry about anything in the future, isn't that great? That's what I told my second and third children.
Wang Chunxiu and Zhou Mingyuan couldn't help but laugh when they heard this.
"You're such a bad kid. You don't teach them anything good, you just teach them these things. They're supposed to be studying, and you're teaching them how to date."
"Mom, you can't think about this like that."
You should know that Qingyue is studying mechanical engineering. After graduation, he may not be surrounded by many women.
Finding a partner when that time comes will be very difficult.
Why not date someone while still in school, then get married after graduation and starting work? Wouldn't that be great?
Sheng Xiping tried his best to persuade his father-in-law and mother-in-law with his twisted logic.
Wang Chunxiu and Zhou Mingyuan thought about it and realized that what their son-in-law said made sense.
They initially got together through an introduction, but nowadays everyone values free love and introductions are no longer acceptable.
If that's the case, then it's best to find someone you're compatible with, and you'll have a happy life together.
Seeing that the elderly couple were somewhat tempted, Sheng Xiping immediately stuffed the money into Zhou Qingyue's hand.
"Take it. Isn't it only natural for a brother-in-law to spend money on his brother-in-law?"
That's good enough. The Zhou family is well-off and doesn't need Sheng Xiping to subsidize them.
Like Chen Weiguo in his past life, no amount of money in his family could fill the hole left by his brother-in-law; that was a real hole.
“We can’t give him five hundred yuan, two hundred is enough,” Zhou Mingyuan said.
"Xiping, Dad knows your intentions, but you have two children to support, and the expenses are yet to come."
Even if you're a big earner, you still need to be careful with your money.
"That's right, that's right, your dad is right. We can't give him that much money and spoil his extravagant habits. Two hundred is enough for him."
"Keep the rest and use it to buy some food and supplies for my grandson. What's wrong with that?" Wang Chunxiu chimed in.
Seeing this, Zhou Qingyue wisely left 200 yuan and returned the remaining 300 yuan to Sheng Xiping.
“Brother-in-law, this is enough for me. You bought me clothes and shoes before, so I can’t take so much money from you.”
Sheng Xiping saw this and thought, "Well, there's nothing I can do then," so he took back the three hundred yuan.
Since Zhou Qingyue was admitted to university and the Zhou family was not holding a banquet, Sheng Xiping did not waste any more time in Songjianghe. The next day, Sheng Xiping took a car back to Qianchuan Forest Farm.
Around August 20th, Sheng Yunfang and the others went back to school, Sheng Liancheng worked at the small repair shop, and Zhang Shuzhen probably took her two grandsons somewhere to play.
No one was home and the door was unlocked, so Sheng Xiping went straight into the yard.
When Erlang Shen and the others saw Sheng Xiping, they were so happy that they wagged their tails and kept babbling at him.
Sheng Xiping put down the bag in his hand, hugged each dog one by one, and stroked them from head to back.
The dog happily raised its neck, about to lick Sheng Xiping's face, but Sheng Xiping dodged it.
After playing with the dog for a while, Sheng Xiping returned to the west room.
Hua Hua and her two cubs were lying in the flower basket. When they heard footsteps, Hua Hua looked up at Sheng Xiping, then closed her eyes and went back to sleep.
Sheng Xiping went over to check on the two tiger cubs, who were both asleep with their eyes closed. He didn't disturb the mother and her two cubs, took off his shoes, and got onto the kang (a heated brick bed).
A kangqin (a type of zither) was placed on the side of the kang in the west room, and on top of the kangqin were a pair of chests, which were Zhou Qinglan's dowry.
Sheng Xiping took out his key from his waist, unlocked the box, and lifted the lid. Then he put the money and bankbook from his pocket at the bottom of the box.
Of the 20,000 yuan he earned this time, Sheng Xiping deposited 10,000 yuan into a savings bank and brought back 10,000 yuan in cash.
He originally intended to save it all, since there wasn't much to spend at home for the time being, and saving it would earn him some interest.
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